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The Invisible Illness Club | Chronic Illness, Auto Immune

April Aramanda, Invisible Illness Club

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 61

The Invisible Illness Club is a podcast about life with chronic illness—the kind people can’t see.

Host April Aramanda gets honest about faith, flare-ups, medical burnout, relationships, grief, hope, and what it actually feels like to look fine while your body is anything but.

If you’re living this and trying to figure out how to keep showing up for your life, you’re in the right place.

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060 Faith in Different Seasons: Remembering That God Is Bigger Than Chronic Illness

Season 2 · Episode 60

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 • Duration 05:37

Faith can look different in different seasons. Not because God changes, but because our view of Him often changes with what we’re walking through.

In this episode, April shares how chronic illness can become so loud that it fills the entire frame. Appointments, symptoms, pain, exhaustion, and uncertainty demand attention, and before we realize it, we’ve forgotten to look up.

After watching Disclosure Day and reading a thought-provoking quote that pointed to the vastness of God’s creation, April was reminded of something simple and profound:

God is still God.

The God who created galaxies is not overwhelmed by our diagnoses. He isn’t surprised by our stories. He isn’t intimidated by the things that overwhelm us.

This episode is a gentle invitation to lift your eyes, remember God’s greatness, and find hope in the truth that no matter what season you’re in, He remains the same.

What You’ll Learn

Why faith can feel different in different seasons of life
How suffering naturally demands our attention
Why chronic illness can make our world feel smaller
What God’s vast creation reveals about His greatness
Why God isn’t overwhelmed by what overwhelms us
How remembering who God is can bring peace, even when circumstances haven’t changed

Memorable Quotes

“When you live with chronic illness, the illness can become so loud that it fills the entire frame.”

“Suffering has a way of demanding attention.”

“The God who hung every star in place sees me lying in bed on the days my body refuses to cooperate.”

“He is not overwhelmed by the things that overwhelm me.”

“Before my diagnosis, He was God. In the middle of my diagnosis, He is God.”

“Not that my circumstances are small. But that God is infinitely bigger.”

One Tiny Step

The next time your symptoms, fears, or questions feel overwhelming, pause for a moment and simply remind yourself:

God is still God.

You don’t have to have all the answers today. You only need to remember who holds them.

Resources

Psalm 139:13
Join The Unseen Sisterhood newsletter
Visit The Invisible Illness Club website
Subscribe to The Invisible Illness Club Podcast

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Host: April Aramanda

Podcast: The Invisible Illness Club Podcast

Music: AudioJungle

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059 Faith, Chronic Illness, and the Pressure to Pretend You’re Okay | with Kaylen Soriano

Season 2 · Episode 59

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 • Duration 43:30

What happens when chronic illness changes your identity, your relationships, and even the way you show up at church? In this conversation, April sits down with Kaylen Soriano of Chronic Yet Undefeated⁠

to talk honestly about epilepsy, masking, loneliness, faith, emotional exhaustion, and learning how to trust God in seasons that feel unpredictable. Together, they explore church culture, gratitude without toxic positivity, and the difference between real hope and pretending everything is fine.

What You’ll Learn

What life with epilepsy can actually look like behind the scenes
How chronic illness can slowly reshape identity and relationships
Why masking becomes so common in church culture
The emotional toll of unpredictability and canceled plans
How Kaylen worked through bitterness, fear, and victim mentality
What “real hope” looks like when healing doesn’t happen instantly
Why your emotions are not too big for God
The difference between gratitude and dismissing grief
How chronic illness can deepen trust and dependence on God

One Tiny Step

The next time someone asks how you’re doing, try giving one honest sentence instead of the automatic “I’m fine.”

Not a full explanation.

Not your whole story.

Just one honest sentence.

Guest Info

Kaylen S., Chronic Yet Undefeated

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587608874826

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChronicYetUndefeated

Resources

The Invisible Illness Club Website⁠ www.theinvisibleillnessclub.com

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058 The Invisible Full-Time Job of Chronic Illness

Season 2 · Episode 58

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Duration 05:18

There’s a kind of exhaustion that comes from living inside constant management mode.

Not only physical exhaustion. Mental exhaustion too.

In this episode, I’m talking honestly about the invisible workload that comes with chronic illness — the symptom tracking, energy calculations, recovery planning, medication management, decision fatigue, and emotional weight people rarely see.

Because chronic illness is more than symptoms. It’s the nonstop mental tabs running in the background all day long.

If you’ve ever felt tired of constantly managing your body, wondering whether something is “worth the crash,” or grieving how much effort everyday life takes now, this episode is for you.

You are not weak for feeling overwhelmed by something that never fully shuts off.

Let’s talk honestly about life, faith, and chronic illness.

What You’ll Learn

The invisible mental workload of chronic illness
Why decision fatigue becomes so overwhelming
The emotional exhaustion of constantly managing symptoms
Grieving spontaneity, ease, and mental freedom
Why survival mode affects identity and emotional health
Encouragement for women carrying invisible burdens every day

One Tiny Step

Pay attention to one invisible thing you’re carrying today without criticizing yourself for it.

Maybe it’s symptom monitoring.

Maybe it’s recovery planning.

Maybe it’s simply getting through the day.

Instead of calling yourself lazy or dramatic, acknowledge the effort your body requires from you right now.

Resources

Join The Unseen Sisterhood newsletter + community

Credits

057 Why Rest Feels Unsafe with Chronic Illness | Rest Guilt, Anxiety & Faith

Season 2 · Episode 57

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 • Duration 06:02

Rest sounds peaceful in theory. In real life with chronic illness, it can feel anxious, guilty, frustrating, and emotionally unsafe. In this episode, April Aramanda talks honestly about the pressure to always be productive, the guilt that comes with slowing down, and why rest can feel so hard even when your body desperately needs it. This conversation explores chronic illness, emotional exhaustion, faith, and the struggle to believe your worth still matters when your output changes.

What You’ll Learn

Why rest can trigger anxiety and guilt
The emotional pressure of always feeling “behind”
How chronic illness complicates rest and recovery
The connection between productivity and self-worth
What scripture says about rest and restoration

One Tiny Step

The next time your body asks for rest, try not to apologize for it.

Resources

Join the Unseen Sisterhood!

A weekly newsletter and community for women navigating chronic illness, faith, boundaries, and real life.

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.kit.com/unseen-sisterhood

The Invisible Illness Club Website

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com

The Invisible Illness Club Podcast

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com/podcast

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Audio Jungle

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056 When Chronic Illness Changes Your Identity with LA Sprague

Season 2 · Episode 56

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • Duration 49:28

In this episode, April talks with podcaster and chronic illness advocate L. A. Sprague from the podcast Christians with Chronic Illness. Together, they dive into the grief that comes when chronic illness changes your identity, your energy, your plans, and even the way you see yourself.

L. A. shares her experience living with POTS and major depressive disorder, the tension between ambition and rest, and the pressure many chronically ill people feel to constantly prove their worth through productivity.

They also have an honest conversation about faith, healing, doubt, disappointment, and what it looks like to trust God when life does not unfold the way you thought it would.

One of the most powerful parts of this conversation is L. A.’s practical approach to self-care through what she calls “little Leah” — learning to treat herself with the same compassion she would offer a child.

This episode is for anyone grieving who they used to be while trying to figure out who they are now.

What You’ll Learn

What it feels like to grieve your old identity after chronic illness
Why productivity can become tied to self-worth
How internalized ableism shows up in everyday life
The emotional tension between rest and pushing yourself
A practical way to care for yourself with more compassion
How faith can feel heavy during chronic illness
Why doubt does not make you a bad Christian
The role gratitude can play during painful flare days
What a fulfilling life can still look like with limited energy

Memorable Quotes

“Maybe what true faith looks like is uncertainty.” — L. A. Sprague

“You are more than a product.” — L. A. Sprague

“God already has you on a mission field.” — April Aramanda

“You’re human. You’re a person worth caring for.” — L. A. Sprague

One Tiny Step

The next time your body needs something — water, food, rest, medication, a break — pause and ask yourself:

Guest Information L. A. Sprague Resources

055 When Life Feels Like Too Much | Chronic Illness Encouragement for Overwhelming Seasons

Season 2 · Episode 55

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 • Duration 02:33

Moving, pain, exhaustion, overwhelm, and trying to keep going anyway. A short honest reminder for anyone carrying more than people can see.

What You’ll Learn

Why “normal life” can feel overwhelming with chronic illness
The pressure many people feel to keep proving their worth through productivity
A gentler way to move through exhausting seasons
Why small steps still matter

Memorable Quotes

“You do not have to carry today perfectly for it to count.”
“Sometimes faith looks less like confidence and more like taking the next small step anyway.”
“You’re doing more than it looks like.”

Reflection / Journal Prompt

What would change if you stopped measuring your worth by how much you got done today?

One Tiny Step

Focus on the next thing in front of you. Not the next fifty.

Resources

Join the Unseen Sisterhood!

A weekly newsletter and community for women living with chronic illness.

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.kit.com/unseen-sisterhood

The Invisible Illness Club Website

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com

The Invisible Illness Club Podcast

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com/podcast

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054 PART 2 of Chronic Illness, Creativity, and Faith: What Life Really Looks Like Behind the Scenes

Season 2 · Episode 54

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • Duration 32:34

Living with chronic illness isn’t only about symptoms—it’s about the daily decisions, limits, and invisible effort no one sees.

In this episode, author W.R. Gingell shares what life really looks like behind the scenes while living with endometriosis, POTS, and long COVID. We talk about fatigue, brain fog, shifting identity, and the ongoing process of learning your limits again and again.

This conversation also explores creativity in the middle of chronic illness, the pressure to push through, and how faith changes when your life no longer looks the way you expected.

If you’ve ever felt like your body doesn’t match your life—or you’re constantly starting over—this episode will meet you there.

What You’ll Learn

What living with endometriosis, POTS, and long COVID really looks like day-to-day
Why chronic illness forces you to keep “relearning” your limits
The emotional weight of losing physical capacity and independence
What people get wrong about being a full-time creative
Why creativity isn’t a limited resource (and what actually fuels it)
The hidden guilt and shame around rest—and how to rethink it
How chronic illness reshapes your faith, church experience, and connection with God
The quiet way self-talk can become harmful—and how to start shifting it
What a real workday looks like when you’re dealing with brain fog and fatigue

Memorable Quotes

“It doesn’t end. It changes shape a little and keeps going.”
“I always have to keep realizing it… over and over again.”
“Not being able to rely on my own body—that’s been the hardest part.”
“Creativity isn’t a finite resource. It’s a never-ending well.”
“I’m not performing my faith. I’m living it.”
“You don’t have the right to talk to someone made in the image of God like that—even if that someone is you.”
“Rest isn’t optional. It’s holy.”
“Take your rest… it belongs to you.”

One Tiny Step

Pay attention to how you talk to yourself today.

Resources

053 Chronic Illness, Creativity, and Faith: What Life Really Looks Like Behind the Scenes

Season 2 · Episode 53

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 • Duration 49:12

Living with chronic illness isn’t only about symptoms—it’s about the daily decisions, limits, and invisible effort no one sees.

This conversation also explores creativity in the middle of chronic illness, the pressure to push through, and how faith changes when your life no longer looks the way you expected.

If you’ve ever felt like your body doesn’t match your life—or you’re constantly starting over—this episode will meet you there.

What You’ll Learn

What living with endometriosis, POTS, and long COVID really looks like day-to-day
Why chronic illness forces you to keep “relearning” your limits
The emotional weight of losing physical capacity and independence
What people get wrong about being a full-time creative
Why creativity isn’t a limited resource (and what actually fuels it)
The hidden guilt and shame around rest—and how to rethink it
How chronic illness reshapes your faith, church experience, and connection with God
The quiet way self-talk can become harmful—and how to start shifting it
What a real workday looks like when you’re dealing with brain fog and fatigue

Memorable Quotes

“It doesn’t end. It changes shape a little and keeps going.”
“I always have to keep realizing it… over and over again.”
“Not being able to rely on my own body—that’s been the hardest part.”
“Creativity isn’t a finite resource. It’s a never-ending well.”
“I’m not performing my faith. I’m living it.”
“You don’t have the right to talk to someone made in the image of God like that—even if that someone is you.”
“Rest isn’t optional. It’s holy.”
“Take your rest… it belongs to you.”

One Tiny Step

Pay attention to how you talk to yourself today.

Resources

052 When Chronic Illness Changes Who You Thought You’d Be

Season 2 · Episode 52

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 • Duration 05:50

Chronic illness doesn’t only affect your body—it can change how you see yourself.

There’s a moment many people experience where life stops looking the way they thought it would. Plans shift. Energy changes. The future feels less clear.

And somewhere in that process, your identity starts to feel different too.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fully recognize your life anymore, this conversation is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Why identity shifts happen with chronic illness
The moment many people realize life isn’t unfolding how they expected
How to navigate the gap between who you were and who you are now
Why feeling lost in your identity is more common than people admit
A grounded way to start reconnecting with yourself again

MEMORABLE QUOTES

“It’s not only your health that changes. It’s how you see yourself.”
“The life you thought you were building starts to feel unfamiliar.”
“You’re not only grieving your health—you’re grieving the version of you that felt certain.”
“Identity doesn’t disappear. It shifts.”

REFLECTION / JOURNAL PROMPT

What version of your life or yourself have you been quietly grieving?

ONE TINY STEP

Name one part of you that still exists today—even if it looks different than before.

RESOURCES

Join the Unseen Sisterhood! A weekly newsletter + space for women living with chronic illness to feel seen, understood, and encouraged. https://theinvisibleillnessclub.kit.com/unseen-sisterhood

The Invisible Illness Club Website https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com

The Invisible Illness Club Podcast https://theinvisibleillnessclub.com/podcast

051 You’re Not Lazy: The Truth About Invisible Effort and Chronic Illness

Season 2 · Episode 51

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 • Duration 03:01

You look at your day and think, “I didn’t do enough.”

And if that thought sits long enough, it turns into something heavier—“I’m being lazy.”

This episode breaks that apart.

Because what it looks like on the outside isn’t the full story. Managing symptoms, pacing energy, thinking through every decision so you don’t crash—that’s work. Real work.

You’re not lazy. You’re carrying more than people see.

What You’ll Learn

Why chronic illness can distort how you see yourself
The difference between “doing nothing” and managing your body
What invisible effort actually looks like day to day
How to stop labeling yourself based on what others can see
A simple way to start recognizing your real capacity

Memorable Quotes

“I didn’t do enough today… turns into ‘I’m being lazy.’”
“Your body is already working harder than it should have to.”
“There’s a difference between doing nothing and managing your body.”
“You’re carrying more than people see.”
“You’re not lazy. You’re working with a different capacity.”

Reflection / Journal Prompt

What’s something you do regularly that takes more energy than it looks like from the outside?

One Tiny Step

At the end of today, write down three things your body had to manage—not what you accomplished, what it handled.

Resources

Join the Unseen Sisterhood!

A weekly newsletter + community for women living with chronic illness. Real life, honest conversations, and support that actually gets it.

https://theinvisibleillnessclub.kit.com/unseen-sisterhood

The Invisible Illness Club Website

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